A severe drought in Texas is causing unusually salty conditions along the Gulf Coast, upsetting the region's ecological balance and threatening coastal wildlife including oysters, crabs and whooping cranes, the most endangered crane species.

Plastic fishing nets -- some bought for poor fishermen with American aid money -- are tangling up whales and turtles off one of Africa's most popular beaches.

-*Livestock farming land takes up 70% of all agricultural land, and 30% of world's ice-free terrestrial surface. 70% of the Amazon rainforest is currently being occupied by pastures; feedcrops occupy a large sector of the remaining 30%.

Only about 3000 more signatures to reach the goal for the "Prevent Wolverines from Disappearing Forever" petition. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/12735845 5 deadline: 3-24-2009

National forest roadless areas are among our country's greatest natural treasures. They provide critically important habitat for many species, harbor some of the healthiest watersheds in our nation, contain many millions of acres of mature forests that bu

The Clean Water Protection Act would protect the communities and waters of Appalachia from the most destructive consequences of mountaintop removal coal mining.

America's coal-fired power plants and industrial facilities produce millions of tons of contaminated coal waste, which includes toxic metals like arsenic, mercury and lead. Send a message telling the EPA to protect communities and water sources across

With the quickly approaching provincial election, we need to show Gordon Campbell and the Liberal government that we will not accept policies that allow the logging of our few remaining old growth forests. Ancient forests are crucial in carbon

WASHINGTON - The House on Wednesday defeated a bill to set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states, including Alaska, as protected wilderness - the victim of a renewed Republican push to allow concealed, loaded weapons in national parks.

Dubuque -- Knowing he won't live forever, Russell County farmer Wallace Weber wants his land to be cared for, nurtured as he has nurtured it